Chelsea VS Liverpool Match Prediction

Chelsea won just one of their four encounters with Liverpool last season – a 2-0 win in the FA Cup. Liverpool won the UEFA Super Cup on penalties after a 2-2 draw, before a 2-1 away win and 5-3 home win in the league. The topsy-turvy game at Anfield saw Naby Keita, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Gini Wijnaldum, Roberto Firmino and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all net for the Reds on the day they secured their Premier League title. Oliver Giroud, Tammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic scored the goals that kept Chelsea in the game. Here are the last five results:

Jul 22, 2020: Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea
Mar 03, 2020: Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool
Sep 22, 2019: Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
Aug 14, 2019: Liverpool 2-2 Chelsea
Apr 14, 2019: Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

Chelsea vs Liverpool Betting Tips

Liverpool’s start to the Premier League season was a rollercoaster to say the least, with seven goals scored – four for the Reds – as they started their title defence with a win.

It had shades of the last meeting between these two teams, which ended 5-3 at Anfield, and this could be a similarly high-scoring game.
Chelsea have strengthened since that game, but only have Timo Werner and Kai Havertz available for this match due with Thiago Silva and Hakim Ziyech ruled out.

Liverpool’s new signings might not feature either, but it is nevertheless a better time to play Chelsea before their eye-catching new arrivals are fit and firing.

The Leeds match raised questions about Liverpool’s defence, which had reared themselves towards the end of last season too.

Chelsea have already proved they can score plenty in this fixture too. But Liverpool continue to churn out wins so often despite that.

This could be a similar story – there could be plenty of goals and there could be at least one more for Liverpool than Chelsea.

Chelsea vs Liverpool Recommended bets with odds

Liverpool beat Chelsea three times last season and they are 6/5 favourites with 10Bet to win this match at Stamford Bridge too.

Both teams have plenty of goals in them – and can concede plenty at times too – and Betway are offering the best price of 11/20 on both teams to score.

Over 2.5 goals will return 8/13 with Betway, while over 3.5 goals will return 6/4 with Bet365, 888sport and Betway.
Mohamed Salah is a best price of 6/5 with 888sport to score at any times after his hat-trick on the opening day of the season.

Chelsea vs Liverpool Prediction

Chelsea have strengthened well this summer but not all of those new signings are yet available and this could prove a good time for Liverpool to be playing them.

Correct score prediction: Chelsea 2-3 Liverpool
 

Chelsea Team News

Hakim Ziyech, Ben Chilwell and Thiago Silva will still have to wait for their Premier League debuts for Chelsea, while Christian Pulisic is another ruled out. Timo Werner is expected to be fit after a dead leg against Brighton, while Mateo Kovacic could also return after suspension. 

Chelsea Key Players

Timo Wener – Won a penalty on his debut and will be keen to get off the mark as soon as he can as he looks to replicate his excellent form up front form Germany.
Reece James – The wing-back’s goal and assist in the win against Brighton ensured the Blues made a winning start to the new season.
Kai Havertz – Another of Chelsea’s big-money new signings, who will be keen to make an early impression on the wing.

Chelsea Team Form

Chelsea started the season with a 3-1 win away to Brighton. After Jorginho’s opener was cancelled out, Reece James restored the Blues lead and then set up Kurt Zouma for the third to seal victory.

Chelsea Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line up: 4-3-3
 

Liverpool Team News

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is out with a knee injury, while Jurgen Klopp must decide whether to put Thiago Alcantara straight into the starting line-up. Diogo Jota will watch his new team-mates from the sidelines after his arrival.

Liverpool Key Players

Mohamed Salah – Scored three goals, two from the penalty spot, in Liverpool’s topsy-turvy opening game of the season.
Sadio Mane – The Senegalese winger was in fine form last season, scoring so many key goals on the way to the title.
Trent Alexander-Arnold – The attacking right wing-back is so key to how Liverpool play, delivering a bucket-load of assists.

Liverpool Team Form

Liverpool once again lost the Community Shield on penalties, after Takumi Minamino had earlier equalised for them in normal time. In their opening league game, they had their lead cancelled out by Leeds on three occasions, but Mo Salah completed a hat-trick with an 88th-minute penalty to ensure a 4-3 home win. Virgil van Dijk scored their other goal.

Liverpool Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line up: 4-3-3
 

Liverpool were outstanding last season, there is no way around that, but their away form did dip at the end of the campaign. Chelsea look strong this season but do not yet have their full complement of new players available. It could therefore be a good time for Liverpool to face them.

Liverpool have only won two of their last nine competitive matches away from Anfield.